the world stopped turning after my fall

[bowandblade]

Characters: Archer/Gilgamesh [AU3] and you!
Setting: Dorm room 2-12 initially, then on to other floors
Format: Whatever you prefer
Summary: Newly arrived and quick to shirk heavy duty explanations and get down to the business of exploring. That's Archer for you.
Warnings: Arrogance and dangerousness if provoked. Typical Gilgamesh.

Dormitory 02-12

Waking up to the feeling of not being able to move was not a completely new experience to Gilgamesh, unfortunately enough. After all, it had not been that long ago that he had expended just about all of his prana and then been overtaken by Saber's Excalibur, and waking up from that feeling had not been fun at all.

But he did not remember falling asleep in a bed. Did he even make it to the couch? Either way, he was staring at a ceiling that was unfamiliar, and his head was cushioned in such a way that--

--Ah. And there was the ability to move again. His lips quirk into a frown as he sits up and stares at ... his clothes. What was this thing supposed to be? Whatever it was, he was better off without it, and so he immediately unzipped the skin-tight suit and began tugging the material off of his arms.

Depending on how long it takes for someone to discover the new resident of room 12 on floor 2, he may be stripped down to half-wearing the suit, not wearing the suit at all, or be in the process of changing into a pair of black pants and an orange v-neck shirt.


Various dormitory levels

After getting out of the dorm room, it's time to properly acclimate himself to his surroundings.
That means wandering around. Gilgamesh doesn't really glance at the nameplates as he goes along, instead focusing on how everything looks pretty much the same wherever he goes. Boring.

He can be seen looking at some of the network terminals as he goes along, though he's not yet to the point of actually operating them. Maybe later, after he's gotten a little bored of exploring by foot. On the dormitory first floor, he's even looking at the open elevator with mild curiosity. Because this floor numbering system is downright odd.


Floor 81

A fascinating display.

Gilgamesh cranes his head back as far as his neck allows, taking in the strange view of the tower that seemed to stretch onward beyond earth and the stars. Seated at the window and quiet in his musings, he wonders if this is a view like what the gods could see. Was this the empty space that Enki sliced through in its devastating drive towards earth?

The mere question sends him back to his battle with Saber, and he finds himself scolding Enki for having failed him at such a critical moment. Because muttering to yourself while staring into space is definitely not strange. (But muttering to a pair of golden swords really wouldn't be much better, anyway.)


Various first block floors

The very idea of exploring new surroundings seems to give energy to the golden-haired man's actions. While he has no set destination on any of the floors he visits, he looks confident; a sharp smile never seems too far away from his face. After puzzling out the elevator earlier, it seemed fitting to go out and actually look at some of the floors in between elevator-visited areas.

Comments

[bowandblade]

[He doesn't flinch as the other Servant quickly approaches, but he does lift his nose in what could be considered an imperious way.]

Nonsense. My timing is perfect. [And he briefly considers kneeing Lancer in the gut for beelining towards him in such a puppy-like way before relenting -- the Servant was a dog, after all.]

[puppy_lancer]

You could have come soon enough to protect her.

[Maybe if Archer was watching, Lancer wouldn't have let his Master slip through his fingers.]

[bowandblade]

[Unfortunately for Lancer, Archer's understanding of their own world's situation is not aligned with his. Nonetheless, he scoffs.]

You say that as if it is my job to protect her for you.

[puppy_lancer]

Hey, I'm not the one who called her your queen.

[He knows that it might be a little unreasonable to say these things to Archer. After all, time differences and parallel worlds were common here. However, he's still grumpy about Ayaka being gone.]

[bowandblade]

[He looks unimpressed by Lancer's comment.]

Fool. I have claimed none as my queen. My only proposal has been to Ayaka, and she has not yet given her vow.

[puppy_lancer]

I'm talking about Ayaka, idiot. She was here.

[He closes his eyes.]

She left just days ago.

[bowandblade]

[Still suitably unimpressed, Gilgamesh reaches up and flicks Lancer on the forehead -- a reminder of their proximity and Lancer's disrespect.]

If you must bark, Lancer, at least be coherent.

[puppy_lancer]

[He winces and steps back one or two steps.]

...So you're probably from a different time then. Long story short, Ayaka and I made a Contract back in our world after my Master...died because we both had things we needed help with. After we both got dropped here, she acted as my Master until she left.

[bowandblade]

[Long story short. He looks about ready to flick the other Servant again for attempting to cut down on a story that involved the two people he had been so focused on in recent days.]

You cannot tell a story of such significance without all the details, fool. Why would Ayaka form a contract with the likes of you?

[Despite the fact that he got along well enough with Lancer, Ayaka already had the highest ranked Servant in the War. There was no reason whatsoever for her to go after Lancer.]

[puppy_lancer]

She lost Saber and needed a Servant. I needed to stay around long enough take care of my Master's last requests and Ayaka was the only one who'd take me in. So we agreed she'd help me with my stuff and I'd protect her.

[Except, he hadn't really...protected her.]

[bowandblade]

[... ... ...

The way Lancer explains does little for Archer's mood or state of understanding. And to think, he had even been in a fairly good mood after waking up after Enki's failure to defeat Saber. He is rarely so serious that he frowns as he does, annoyance flashing across his face.]

Lost Saber? Ridiculous. He is not allowed to die until I defeat him.

[puppy_lancer]

[He scowls.]

The priest took him. And turned him into this...thing.

[bowandblade]

The priest? [He has to muse over this. The wild one who had poisoned Ayaka in the first place? At least it gives him some kind of timeline...

...Which brought him back to very beginning of the story.] So you are Ayaka's Servant now. How boring.

[puppy_lancer]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm a free agent now. Ayaka left, remember?

[bowandblade]

Back where we are supposed to be, hound. [He snorts at Lancer's simple mind.] I do not care about your status here. I do not see any benefit to having a Master in this place. [...] Unless the Master was Ayaka.

[puppy_lancer]

She was a great Master.

[If he hadn't already been summoned by Misaya, he would have wanted Ayaka to summon him.]

Problem is, I'm not sure how much of where we're supposed to be still exists.

[bowandblade]

[Why must Lancer continue making these comments that require him to further prompt him?]

What are you talking about now?

[puppy_lancer]

Didn't you read the letters? They say our worlds are gone, and we know for sure that only our souls are in this place.

[bowandblade]

I read them, but dismissed them as garbage.

[Because that is obviously the best thing to do with ridiculous letters.]

[puppy_lancer]

So did I...until I got proof. Check the network. Hell, ask Saber. She can tell you this better than I can.

[bowandblade]

Proof of what? That our world is gone? [He scoffs, though he notes the mention of a female Saber. What?] I will not believe second-hand stories.

[puppy_lancer]

You'd have a hard time finding out first-hand. The elevator leading to the administrators is sealed off, and if you end up getting dropped in the wasteland that used to be our home, good luck getting back.

[bowandblade]

Is there any particular reason you actually believe that drivel without having seen proof, hound? [Does he have to say he sounds like an absolute idiot right about now?]

[puppy_lancer]

...They switched the bodies of two Servants, once. Literally pulled the soul out of them and put them in the wrong bodies.

[If he looks uncomfortable while saying this, it's because he's one of the Servants who was switched.]

And for all the other stuff, there's videos.

[bowandblade]

[Gilgamesh still looks unimpressed and very skeptical.] Videos can be tampered with. Manipulated. And Heroic Spirits are pulled into vessels as it is -- there cannot be some great mystery to placing a spirit into another vessel. Do not disappoint me by saying you had not thought of this already.